Scientists in the Czech Republic have described the first domestic case of infection with a parasite.

Diphyllobothriasis (dibothriocephalosis) is caused by the human broad tapeworm Dibothriocephalus latus. The source of infection is fish consumption, such as pike and perch.

Except for a few imported infections, no cases of human diphyllobothriasis

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